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untouchable

/ən'təʧəbəl/

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noun
belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
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harijan

type of:
ishmael outcast pariah castaway
adjective
impossible to assail
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unassailable inviolable
adjective
not capable of being obtained
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"untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"

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inaccessible unobtainable unprocurable unavailable
adjective
beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
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"for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"

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invulnerable
adjective
(especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
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unclean impure
adjective
forbidden to the touch
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"in most museums such articles are untouchable"

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impermissible

Examples of untouchable

"untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
"for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"
"in most museums such articles are untouchable"